Anticreeping device



Oct. 12,1926. N I 1,602,813

w. G. DAVIS ANTICREEPING DEVICE Filed Feb. 23, 1926 Patent-d ct.12,1926.1 1,602,812 f 'UNITED STATES ATENT OFFICE,

WILLIAM G. DAVIS, on NEW KENSINGTON, PENNSYLVANIA.

ANTICREEPING DEVICE.

1 Application filed February 23, 1926. Serial No.90,194.

This invention relates to an anti-creeping arms to hold the arms intheir flexed posi- 1 device and more particularly to a device of tion.[This retaining element consists of a this character for application torailroad straight length of material of a length rails to preventlongitudinal shifting thereslightly greater than the distance between 605 of. r I v outer faces of the arms and has at its 1 An important objectof the invention is ends downturns-d portions 18 which, in the toproduce a device of this character which applied position of theretaining element, not only prevents the rail from shifting lonengagethe outer faces of the arms to pregitudinally, but also serves toprevent the vent dislodgrnent of the retaining element. 66

l spikes for retaining the rail in position up- It will be obvious thata device of this. onthe tie from becoming loosened and lost. charactermay be very cheaply. constructed,

a A vfurther object of the invention is to asit is capable of productionfrom any suitproduce a device of this character which able resilientmaterial and may be produced may be very readily applied to the rail, bystamping. In order to reduce the resist+ 7 which will be durable andefiicient in service ance'of the arms to flexing or rather to reduce anda general improvement inflthe art. the distance through which the armsmust be These andaother objects I attain by the flexed in orderto applythe retaining eleconstruction shown in the accompanying ment, these armsmaybe slightly offset adjadrawing, wherein for the purpose of illuscenttheir bight portions, as indicated at 20. tration v is shown ,apreferred embodiment In the applied position :of the device, the reof myinvention and wherein taining element and bight portion both serveFigure 1 is a plan view showing an ant1- to frictionally engage with theunder surface creeping device constructed in accordance of the base ofthe rail and thus to prevent with my invention applied to a rail; anylongitudinal displacement of the rail, 30 Figure 2 is a side elevationthereof; audit will, of course, be obvious that the ten- Figure 3 is asection on the line 83 of sion of the. arms against the spike heads willFigure 2; a r v effectually preventelevation of these spikes Figure 4is' a sectional view through the or longitudinal shifting thereof withrespect bight of the anti-creeping element. .1 to the rail. If the edgesofth-e bight por- Referring now more particularly to the tion areslightly sharpened, as illustrated, drawings, the numeral 10 generallydesigthe upper edges 21 will tend to dig into the nates a tie and 11 thebase'of a rail seated under surface of-thebase and further assist uponthetie and held in position upon the in preventing dislo'dgment of therail. It

tie by spikes. 12engagin'g opposite sides of will also be obvious thatin considering the 35 the base and embedded in the tie. U-shaped elementas a whole, one of the arms. In accordance with my invention, I promaybe considered as a means for retaining vide a-U-shaped element 13, thebight portion a certain spike against shifting movement 14 of which isadapted to transverselylunwhile the other of the arms merely servesderlie therail base 11 atone side of the to assist inretaining the firstnamed arm (0 tie. The arms 15 of the U are spaced apart imposition. a

a distance equal to or very slightly greater Since the constructionhereinbefore set than the distance between opposite sideedges forthiscapable of a certain range of change of the base and in the appliedposition of r and modification withoutmaterially departthe anti-creeperparallel the edges of the ing from the spirit of the invention, I do 1 4base and overlie the heads of the spikes 12 not limit myself tosuchspecific structure which retain the rail in position upon the exceptas hereinafter claimed.

tie. The free ends of the arms 15 are pro- I claim vided with upturnedportions 16 and after 1. In combination with a tie, a rail in pothebight portion has been position-ed besition thereon and spikes forretaining the 50 neath the rail and the arms are resting uprail inposition upon the tie, an anti-creeper on the heads of the spikes, thesearms are element having portions frictionally engagforced downwardlyuntil the upper surfaces ing the base of he rail at opposite sides ofthereof are arranged below the level of the the tie and other portionsengaging the lower face of the base. A retaining element heads of thespikes to constantly urge the 11.

55 17 is then inserted between the lower face same toward the tie.

of the rail base and the upper faces of the 2. In combination with atie, a rail in position thereon and spikes for retaining the rail inposition upon the tie, resilient members paralleling the rail andabutting the heads of the spikes intermediate their ends, the ends ofsaid resilient elements being downwardly flexed at opposite sides of thetie and connections between corresponding ends of the flexible elementspassing beneath and trictionally engaging with the base of the rail.

In combination with a tie, a rail in position thereon and spikes forretaining the rail in position upon the tie, an anti-creeping elementcomprising a U-shaped member the bight portion of which passes beneaththe base of the rail at one side of the tie and the arms of whichparallel the edges of the rail and overlie the heads of the spikes and aconnection between the free ends of the arms passing beneath the rail atthe opposite side ot the tie from the bight ot the member and flexingsaid free ends downwardly.

4.. In combination with a tie, a rail in position thereon and spikes forretaining the rail in position upon the tie, an anti-creeping elementcomprising a U-shaped member the bight portion 01. which passes beneaththe base of the rail at one side of the tie and the arms of whichparallel the edges of the rail and overlie the heads of the spikes and aconnection between the free ends of the arms passing beneath the rail atthe opposite side of the tie "from the bi ght of the member and flexingsaid free ends downwardly, said arms adjacent the bight port-ion beingslightly offset upwardly.

5. In combination with a tie, a rail in position thereon and spikes forretaining the rail in position upon the tie, an anti-creeping elementcomprising a U-shaped member the bight portion of which passes beneaththe base of the rail at one side of the tie and the arms of whichparallel the edges of the rail and ovelie the heads of the spikes and aeonnection between the free ends of the arms passing beneath the rail atthe opposite side of the tie from the bight of the member and flexingsaid free ends downwardly, said connection being in the form of a barhaving portions coacting with the arms to prevent longitudinaldisplacement of the connection.

6. In combination with a tie, a rail in position thereon and spikes forretaining the rail in position upon the tie, an anti-creeping elementcomprising a U-shaped member the bight portion out which passes beneaththe base of the rail atone side of the tie and the arms of whichparallel the edges of the rail and overlie the heads of the spikes and aconnection between the free ends of the arms passing beneath the rail atthe opposite side of the tie from the bight of the member and flexingsaid free ends downwardly, the free ends of the arms having upturnedangular portions providing retaining elements for said connection.

7. In combination with a tie, a rail in position thereon and spikes forretaining the rail in position upon the tie, an anti-creeping elementcomprising a U-shaped member the bight portion of which passes beneaththe base of the rail at one side of the tie and the arms of whichparallel theedges of the rail and overlie the heads of the spikes and aconnection between the free ends of the arms passing beneath the railatthe opposite side of the tie from the bight of the member and flexingsaid free ends downwardly, said connection being in the form of a barhaving portions coacting with the arms to prevent longitudinaldisplacement of the connection, the free ends of the arms havingupturned portions providing retaining elements for said connection.

8. In combination with a tie, a rail in position thereon and spikes forretaining the rail in position upon the tie, an anti-creeping elementcomprising a U-shaped member the bight portion of which passes beneaththe base of the rail at one side of the tie and the arms of whichparallel the edges of the rail and overlie the heads of the spikes and aconnection between the free ends oi the arms passing beneath the rail atthe opposite side of the tie from the bi ght of the member and flexingsaid free ends downwardly, said connection being in the form of a barhaving portions coacting with the arms to prevent longitudinaldisplacement of the connection, the free ends of the arms havingupturned portions providing retaining elements for said connection, saidarms adjacent the bight portion being slightly upwardly offset.

In testimony whereof I hereunto atfix my signature.

WILLIAM G. DAVIS.

